Improvement in harvesting-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JNO. RILY, OF HART PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of LettcrsPatent No'. 13,2S, dated November 20, 1855.

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN REILY, of Hart Prairie, in the county of Walworth and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harvesting-Machines and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lV is a plan of the machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, showing cutter-guard drawn back for turning. Fig. 3 is a similar view-,showing said guard projecting. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line x x, Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation.

Similar characters of reference in the several gures denote the same part of the machine.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in constructing and arranging the cutterguard so as to be capable of retraction during the turning of the machine from the rakers seat to prevent the beating down of the standing grain, which always obtains by the protrusion of said guard at such time; second, in the construction and arrangement of a grain-guard operated by the raker so as ,to receive the grain during the raking operation and keep it from the rake, in order that the removal of grain from the platform may be finished before another supply falls on it.

The details of construction and operation of these several improvements will be understood from the following description and reference to the drawings, where the several parts are thus represented:

A is the frame, supported on wheels B and G, the former giving motion to the cutterbar a. These parts, being well known, need not be particularly described.

D is the drivers carriage, connected with frame A by curved bar b; E, lever by which the driver lifts the cutters for the passage of obstacles F, platform hinged to front bar, c, and regulated in inclination by bar d, attached to platform by link c, and, passing through a mortise in rear bar, f, of frame A, it is held in any required position by a pin, i; G, guard on side of machine, having a slot, h, movable upon a pin,A l, so that the guard may be drawn back into the position of Fig. 2 by power` applied to rod m, the spring n causing the protrusion of said guard, as in Fig. 3, when rod m is released; kH, reel hung on arms I and J; P, grain-guard, consisting of an oblique standard, p, arising from the rear bar of the frame, to lower portion of which isjointed an arm,Q, having a tendency toward the standard by reason of a spring, 1. Upon one side of the arm Q, is' a stud, i, by power applied to which the said arm is inclined forward. To the upper end of the arm Q is jointed the handle s of guard-board t, the upper end of this handle s beingoonnected with the top of standard p by rod w. v

The operation of these several .improvements is as follows: The swinging platform enables it to be adjusted to incline backward,

no matter what be the inclination of theground passed over, and at the same time enables the .machine to run over an obstacle without lifting the wheels. The retraction of the guard G by the raker enables the machine to turn close upon the standing grain, as when the guard is immovable it is necessary for themachine to back before turning, to prevent the beating down ofthe grain by the guard. The grain-guard board t is thrown forward in the posit-ion shown in Fig. 4C. as the raker leans forward to remove the grain from the platform, his foot pressing upon stud r. During the raking, the newly-cut grain falls against the board t, as shown in red lines in Fig. 4. As the raker rises after cleaning the platform the springg carries the board tinto position of Fig. 2, the grain resting on it falling upon the platform. In this manner the falling grain does not interfere with the rake, which is thus permitted to remove the cut grain from the platform before a new supply falls. It should be stated that the raker sits astride of seat B.

What I claim as new and of my own invention is` l. The retracting guard G, in combination with the spring n and rod m, when construct ed,-arranged, and operated from the rakers seat in the manner and for the purposes speciiied, and not otherwise.

2. The grain-guard P, when constructed, arranged, and operated in the manner and for the purposes specified, and not otherwise.

- In testimony whereof Ihavehereunto signed my name before two subscribing witnesses.

. JOHN REILY.

. Witnesses:

JOHN S. HoLLrNGsHEAn, Tnos. R. MARKILLIE. 

